The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1887-10-22

hel share ofthese people. We pity .nem
ana hope they will see things Us others
do, some Of these days
Mr.. Harry Campbell with his pleas
ing and afiable lady from Washington, D.
o., will wait on customers at the Coopera-
tive Store in the place of Mrs Tlllum
who goes South to remain with her
daughter all winter.
We are sorry not to be able to give
IN account Of the temperance convention
held here this week The whole matter
was taken charge Of by young man Of
undoubted veracity and a good Tempar,
but up to going to press neither the re-
port or the young man had put in an ap-
pearance. How flithless are some.
We are glad to note that Charles II.
Ford, assistant baggage muster at the p.
W. Il b. Station, Wilmington, Del, has
made valuable find of fine clay on his
farm, near North East, Cecil county.
The discovery it is thought is Kaoin.
Brother Ford deserves success, and we
hope he may grow rich out of his find I;
in fact so prosperous as to give some to
his printer friends.
One Of our exchanges says: Earth
fuel" is advertised. It ought to be "dirt
cheap" Dirt, in some sections may be
cheap, but if we had to buy either dirt
or coal, we would buy coal. Since we
wrote the above sets us TO thinking that
there is land-cheap land-lying in and
about this town, and we are anxious for
some corporation to buy and put up a
large mandatory. If it makes much
noise we can stand it. We live in town
of railroads.
Persons complain of the dangerous
condition of the platform at the b. & O.
station, on the east side. The danger
lies in the fact that no light falls at a
point where the steps lead from the end
Of the platform to the ground. One lady
informs us that she was compelled one
night recently to grope about, near this
spot, fearing she would fall. The COM
pany will of course see the necessity of
providing light at this place, and thus
enable their patrons to have a clear view
when going to or coming from their
pretty station.
There is one spot of especial inter
est to many in this town, and that is the
bank. Every Tuesday morning you will
notice this. that and the other fellow
lingering near the portals of that money
market, for the purpose of trying a note
for its chances, for renewal, etc. The
bank cashier sees many strange things
during his hours of work. He counts
enough money every week to make him
self rich, and yet he cannot take any
Doodle without skipping to Canada.
Occasionally the editors of this
paper slip off and take half days tramp
through fields and bush with dog and
gun. One day not long ago three ener-
getic looking fellows could be seen hurry
ing away from Newark seeking fields
distant from the ''maddening crowd, and
there to find game. They found covey
of birds, and there were six shots fired
at the whir-r-r-r, not at the birds-not
feather touched. After shooting several
pounds of shot three tired mortals wan
dered home. So ends the cunning sea-
son.
-Four fine ears of big yellow corn from
the farm managed by Kelso and Wiley
johnson, Upper Oxford, were added to
the Press agricultural specimen depart
ment Monday. One of the ears contains
1900 grams, the fourth averaging 1900
grains each. The Messrs. johnson have
10 acres of this excellent grain to husk,
the seed of which was obtained from
Simpson Preston, Little Britain, Lancas-
ter county, about ten years ago.-Oxford
Press. Can't some of our farmer friends
beat this; We have over-matched thf
Press on several occasions. |